Heart as hard as a rock. (A Tanner and Cora love story)

Chapter Three

Tyler's POV

"Alright dude. Calm down." I told myself looking at the mirror. "Yes she's gonna be there so you need to get your shit together. She's just a girl. There are other girls who are drooling over you." I added.

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Last night, I saw her. I saw Coraleen Waddell. When I first saw her on that poster, I told myself that she IS attractive. But damn! Who would've thought that she was more than that. She came in last night with some of her friends and everybody was out of their way. They were all intimidated by her. By looking at her, you could tell that she'd like to keep everything to herself. Aura was right. Even though everybody was staring at her, almost praising and kissing the ground where she stepped in, she only had a few friends with her and no minions at all. The guys were trying to get my attention and started calling out some of the girls at the party so that I at least could get distracted. I wasn't paying attention to how I acted last night until they told me. I decided to drink so that I could get her off my mind. Suddenly, one guy came up to her. All of his friends were waiting for him to do something. They look like they had a bet. This guy grabbed her ass. Cora was surprised. Before she could do anything, I punched the guy hitting him on his jaw. He landed on the floor. Then everybody started gathering around.

"Oh come on you're down already? That wasn't even a hard hit!" I said.

His friends came up to him and helped him. I was in the mood to fight! One of his friends started walking towards me, ready to fight. I was waiting for him to make the first move. He was about to punch and start the fight but Yassi stopped us.

"Woah woah woah! We do not need this right now." Yassi complained. "Okay guys, this is my party and I say we all should enjoy it!" She added.

"If I were you, you and your friends need to get the hell outta here before something happens." Wil threatened the guy.

One of the guy with them came up to us. He looked like he was the only decent one in their group. "Look, we don't want any trouble. We're leaving if that's what's best since some of my friends are drunk already."

After they left, people started minding their own business. I came up to Cora afterwards.

*slap in the face*

"What the hell was that for?! You could've at least said thank you instead of slapping me!" I said.

"Nice meeting you too asshole! " She walked away. Pissed off.

Wil saw me and came up to me. He gave me a pat in the back while watching Cora leave the club. "That chick is not happy when someone is helping her. She thinks helping her makes her look weak."

"I was just tryna be nice for fuck's sake!" I defended.

"Well, now you know there's no word 'help' with Coraleen. Look man, I know you like her but it's better if you stop it while you still can." He said.

"Can I at least not try?" I asked.

"Alright!" He surrendered. "I'm just warning you. You have no idea what you're up to. The way you're acting right now is how all of Cora's victims acted before. Don't take this in a bad way, but you're starting to become one of Cora's victims. Yes, Cora is my friend and I shouldn't be talking about this, but now you are too. Come on, let's go home." He said.

They drove me and Tanner back home. I told them that I was fine but then they insisted. They probably thought I was drunk like my brother was.
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We have a photoshoot today. And guess who's gonna be there. Cora. Fun right?

"Damn you really love that girl don't you?"

I squeaked when I heard someone talk. Scared the shit outta me.

"What the hell man!" I said.

"What the hell was that?" Tanner laughed. "Calm your tits little sister, she's just a girl." He teased.

"Hah! A girl that can punch harder than you ever can in your entire life!" I teased back.

"At least I wasn't slapped last night!" He laughed.

"Oh shut up! How long have you been watching me?" I asked.

"I've been watching you talking to yourself in front of the mirror and acting like a little girl. Now hurry up cuz we need to leave for the photoshoot. By the way, do yoursef a favor and don't get yourself in trouble again."

"Now now brother. That's called helping. Oh wait you don't know that. I forgot that your a pussy." I said.

"Nah man. I'm just nice. Fighting won't make you look cool." He said humbly.

"Touché. Look, I don't wanna argue right now. Let's just get this photoshoot done with."

"Ohhh someone's excited to see Cora." He teased.

"Oh come on!" I complained. "I'm not even sure if she's excited to see me."

"Woah woah woah! Tyler Mata just conceded!"

He laughed. I punched him playfully.

We grabbed our stuff and left. Well, here goes nothing.